Sam the Octopus @troubleMoney@computerfairi.es

Mastodon in space would be particularly good for this reason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Sq1Nr58hM

Silly idea: Mastodon server on a cubesat

It'd be expensive and they only stay up for max. 3 months but we would get to toot IN SPAAAAACE

@squirrel Probably where the downlink is

Unless they can't find where the downlink is in which case it's any country that can shoot down satellites

@squirrel It might just be the ones I've worked on but most of them have been annoying as hell

Some of the new ones are even worse, I don't like it if I have to actually grab my toolkit rather than just use a leatherman to take stuff apart

@squirrel I like them because you can actually get into the damn things with a minimum of fuss, if you need to switch out a component it's a few screws and you're done rather than having to spend quarter of an hour prying the damn thing open

Also, really, really cheap second hand and solid enough you don't have to worry about it

Is there anyone who doesn't love thinkpads?

Because if they exist they're wrong

@squirrel ah, that was the best

I wonder if anyone's made a gadget to replicate that for LCDs

@squirrel and the weird fuzzy feeling close to the screen!

@Elizafox I'd expect nothing less

@Elizafox at some point we're going to have to hear your version of "The Aristocrats"

@noelle @Elizafox oh god yes

@Elizafox yes

@Elizafox I'd like this to be a series

@fruchtblase You have got to be shitting me

Wait, it's tiffany and co, I believe it

@fillertrack Houses have two levels to them with stairs between them, flats are... flat

@ajroach42 @noelle @kibi You can do it easy enough with some minor modifications

If you look at something like Vimium for Chrome it does keyboard navigation really well, just press a key to tell it you want to follow a link or open one in a new tab, then press the couple of keys that pop up next to that link

@ajroach42 @noelle @kibi I disagree, mice are bad

Have you ever tried to teach someone to use a mouse? It's a lot harder than you'd think and not really worth the effort

If you're doing arty type things you'd be better served by a pen, CAD is better with something with a capability to move in 3 dimensions, just about anything else is better with a keyboard

@ajroach42 @noelle @kibi Okay, I'll give you graphics and design work, although those work better with different peripherals

Documents and hyperlinks are fine without a mouse though